Money found at the door of a hotel next to the Haram
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My father came down from the hotel, which was in the Haram, a hotel next to the Haram. He says he found a sum of money at the hotel door, so he asked the people present and asked one of them to inquire, but no one answered him. Then he returned to Riyadh with this money. He asks: What is obligatory for him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to return it and hand it over to the hotel staff, because the person who lost it will come to them to ask about it. He should give it to the hotel staff. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My father came down from the hotel, which was in the Haram, a hotel next to the Haram. He says he found a sum of money at the hotel door, so he asked the people present and asked one of them to inquire, but no one answered him. Then he returned to Riyadh with this money. He asks: What is obligatory for him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to return it and hand it over to the hotel staff, because the person who lost it will come to them to ask about it. He should give it to the hotel staff. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن التابعين — islamhouse.com (56:56)
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